Ep. 89: "Champions Adjust"

  <p>This week's episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://jupitercondenser.com">Jupiter Condenser Co.</a>, <a href="https://www.amplifiedparts.com">Amplified Parts</a> and <a href="https://www.grezguitars.com">Grez Guitars</a>. You can also use the discount code FRET10 to save 10% off <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/lp/ruinous.html">your Izotope purchase</a> and, if you head over to <a href= "https://www.bedstu.com/">BED|STÜ shoes</a> and use the discount code FRETXBS, you'll save 20% off your BED|STÜ order and help support the FJ.</p> <p>Support us <a href="https://www.patreon.com/vintageamps">on Patreon.com</a> for added content and the occasional surprise. </p> <p>Some of the topics discussed this week:</p> <p>2:30 Putting the old Astron Minimite capacitors back inside a Vibrolux... in Thailand</p> <p>6:22 Special guest Max Hart: Melissa Etheridge, touring through COVID-times, Hammond B-3 variations, Max's pedal board, Leslie 147s vs. 122s, touring with a vintage Fender Deluxe Reverb, in-ear monitors, Eric Gardner, living in Woodland, CA, his guitars of choice, Klon clones, Boss RV-6 reverb pedal, click tracks, Gruene Hall</p> <p>45:00 Too flippant about chokes: Skip revisits last week's chokes question.</p> <p>46:28 Baffer: A Chris Stapleton model Princeton with a tube rectifier that won't work</p> <p>50:40 Skip's #1 Retropolitan amp for sale (sold, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/p/CaB9tydsvcg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&fbclid=IwAR3OoIKf6GJUjKTnqgGqwJCrHvIiavJcwQwk8pIww7z4njh1Ja57Y61I_hk"> Instagram link</a>)</p> <p>53:51 Testing the pulled / bad caps on a serviced Fender 1962 6G4A</p> <p>55:57 Quick and easy crispy corndogs; bacon bourbon; did Tool's Adam Jones really freeze his amplifiers?</p> <p>59:41 A Bogen Challenger 35A making demonic sounds with no speaker hooked up</p> <p>1:05:13 A heartwarming tale: Milling old Sacramento trees</p> <p>1:08:28 Portobello mushrooms and a blown-up Orange OR15</p> <p>1:14:40 The rectifier tube in a '50s Magnatone 213, fixing a rotten cabinet</p> <p>1:16:43 A